[Second Male Lead Takes Center Stage, Secret Love Comes True, Wealthy Younger Man: Insecure, Gloomy Illegitimate Son × Obedient Heiress]
In Pei Chiyue’s eyes, Tong Xin was just like her name: utterly genuine and innocent, like a sweet osmanthus blossom dotted with raindrops, enough to soften anyone’s heart.
When he saw her again six years later, she was the obedient girl abandoned by her fiancé.
A forbidden desire stirred in his heart. He might as well take advantage of the situation and make her his.
…
Seeking revenge, on the day her fiancé, Pei Nan, eloped with someone else, Tong Xin turned her gaze to his half-brother.
Pei Chiyue met her eyes.
“Sister-in-law, I’m not like Pei Nan.”
“With me, there’s no divorce. Only widowhood.”
Everyone said she was playing with fire and would get burned.
Pei Chiyue was a block of ice no one could warm, obsessive by nature and utterly indifferent even to his own family.
But no one knew how, at night, he trembled as he kissed her fingertips, his voice hoarse beyond recognition:
“…You’re finally looking at me.”
